Is an extra coil a must?

[Anonymous]

I just purchased an mxt. havent been able to use it yet but was wondering if an extra coil is a must. After reading a few post it seems like most people dont like the 950 loop. I was wondering what you guys think of it. I run a tight budget and was wondering if an investement in a smaller coil would pay for itself?

 

[Anonymous]

I find the stock coil works good in most areas or it wouldnt be on the MXT. Now if the area you are going to be hunting is very trashy than the stock coil may be harder to use, but still will work and you may miss a few good targets as this coil cant seperate the trash from the good target as good as a smaller coil. If you find that the area is too trashy for the stock coil, then you can find a used smaller coil on the internets as I have seen some at a decent price. I find that the larger coils it more of a specialty item designed for those that have some very clean area for coverage and where targets are real deep.
Use your stock coil in your type of hunting and you decide if a smaller coil is nessesary.
Rick

 

[Anonymous]

#1.. The MXT is designed for versatility.
#2.. The Coin & Jewelry mode is for hunting and identifying various coins, rings, and other small items.
#3.. The Relic mode also provides various TID suggestions for buttons, bullets, and other smaller-size artifacts.
#4.. Coins and jewelry items are very frequently associated with sites that might have an abundance of modern trash items (pull tabs, screw caps, etc.) as well as small, medium or large iron type objects from nails on up.
#5.. Often, those who hunt older sites like ghost towns, homesteads, military encampments, and the like are actually Relic Hunting, but in their mind are mainly searching for older coins. Others are searching for any of the 'neat old stuff' that might be at such a site. To them, this is 'relic hunting' due to the older site, and generally you'll encounter an ample amount of trash, especially iron junk.
In short, the MXT's versatility is made up of the manual controls that let the operator adjust the detector quiickly for the performance they want out of it, and for the mode that will best help them search for smaller targets in various environments where junk is anticipated. The MXT's quick response and quick recovery will work the best for the user if they have a smaller-than-stock coil affixed to the working end under most application conditions.
Sure, the stock 950 is 'OK' for open areas with a limited amount of masking trash, but I feel you should have at least one accessory coil. Matter of fact, something like the 5.3 Eclipse from White's is just about the best general purpose coil you could get from the manufacturer, and you would probably use it 90% of the time.
Just my biased opinions, of course.
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